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One dollar will get a bottle of this great
remedy. F. P. p. 1t is a sure cure for Rheu-
matiSm. For sale by all medicine dealers.
Dr. Whitehead can be consulted daily at
the Office of the Company, Odd Fellows
Hall Building, lUithOut charge. Prescrip-
tions and examination free. All inquiries
by mail will also receive his personal atten-
ton
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DEPARTED YESTERDAY.

Steamer Katie, Bevill, Augusta and way land
ngs-J G Medlock. Agent.
Steamer Pope Catlin, Swift, Beaufort, Port
Royal and Bluffton-H A Strobhar, Agt.
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Stiff Hats in all styles and shapes, from
81 25 up to S., at Appel g. Schauls, One
Price Clothiers, 1853 Congress street.
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No. 2, 4s1lc. Oats, No. 2, sO34c. Mess pork,
Sll 750l1i %. Lard per 100 lbs, 81 771sGl5 50.
Snort rib sides, loose 81 i0G17 72I6. Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, S. 9o@6 90. Short clear sides,
boxed S. 000S 05. Whisky 81 TO-
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Closing.
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Please the boys by getting them one Of
those elegant Overcoats at Appel & Schaul's,
One Price Clothiers.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIS DAY.
Sun RISES. Observation-Disclosures. ...............6: 4
DUN CEIS -......--.,--. ..".uo
HIGH WAFER AT SAVANNAH 1855 NJ. 2:02 NJ
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bbls tallow. case clothing, bbls brass, bbls

8 bbls tallow case clothing, bbls brass, bbls
nuts, bale hides. and mdse.
Per Savannah, Florida and Western Railway,
Dec 81 44s bales cotton. 49, bblS resin. 40
bbls spirits turpentine, 4,Soo boxes oranges, SO
bbls oranges, d cars cotton seed, 81 bbis syrup
% cars lumber. cars wood, bales hides 10
sacks beef, 1 car cattle, 50 sacks rice, and mdse,
Per Central Railroad, Dec 2l-3054 bales cot
ton l21 bales yarn. lo4 bales domestics. IL bales
50 pkgs tobacco, 100 bbls lime, 81 bales hay, !
pkgs furniture, PSI bbls -four ~ head horses, IL
cars lumber, ! car wood. SO bushels rough rice,
. bbls syrup. pkgs wood in shape, 25 tons pig
iron. pkg vegetables, pkgs machinery, car
railroad wheels cars poultry, l23 pkgs muse.
Z pkgs Junk cars cotton seed, 4e kegs paint,
56 bbls cotton seed oil, 2I0 pkgs hardware, 9
bbls whisky, 4 hf bbls whisky, 500 bhls rosin, 20
bbls spirits turpentine.
CONSIGNEES.
Per Charleston aud Savannah Railway. Dec
21--Baldwin & Co. G Walter & Co. stmr Ethel,
Garnet, 5 & Co. q EcIstein & Co, d Myerson,
Southern Cotton Oil Co, NJ Boley \ Son. II A
Ulmo, j Weed Il Co II Myers Y Bros, c Gabel,
Lee Roy Myers & Co Kavanaugh & b, Blodgett,
Per Savannah. Florida and western Railway.
Dec 2l-Transfer Office. Jno Flannery 4 Co.
w Lake w ID Simkins & Co, A Ehrlich & Bro,
I Bond 4 Co, NJ Ferst & Co, " Motsinger,
Einstens Sons, r Eason, NJ Boley & Son,
Southern Cotton Oil Go; A LETTER, Bacon,
" W Gordon & Co, Stillwell P & NJ, Butler & S,
McDonOuRn a 20, heppdIu ~ W Ddie, ~ "a W.
Knight, w Morrel G w Allen, Frierson q Co,
AIendel & d, Sarah Damson, 7 NJ Keller, J A
Perry, L A Fulton & Son, Grady, Del & Co,
Mcdonnell, NJ Conner 60, HERON \ G,
VI Aacean, Woods & Co, L Roberts, ii Lee,
J S Wood & Bro, G Walter & Co, Baldwin & Co,
J p Williams & Co. f NJ Farley, Montague & Co,
Peacock, ii & Co. Ellis, Co, Garnett. *
Co.
Per Central Railroad. Dec I-Fordg Agt.
Jno Flannery & co, 1erron 4 q, j thompson,
H NJ Conner & Co, NJ Maclean, Montague a Go,
n & McIntire, Baldwin a Co, Butler & S,
w w Gordon 4, Co, Warnock & W. Woods & Co.
j P Williams a. Co. A Elnsteins Sons d Arden,
g Walter x Co, Singer Mfg Co. Lippman Bros,
Mohr Bros, J d Weed & Co, Stillwell. + q ", 5
Coates, Lee Roy Myers & Co, Palmer Bros, j
II Johnston, Southern Cotton Oil Co, Haines Il D.,
GuckenheiIuer & Son, Frank & Co, i Putzel,
g w Tedeman, Lowell & Son, Eckman & V.
A Enrich & Bro, Smith Bros a Co, J Sognier,
II Solomon g. Son, Epstein & w, Ferst & Co,
Clark & d, Peacock, II & Co, Standard Oil Co,
Mienhard Bros & Co, w W Gordon & Co, t L
Kinsey, A Hanley, J G Clark, Decker 6 F, Puder
& Downs, G Davis & Son. w c Jackson.
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CLEARED YESTERDAY

Steamship Dessoug, Howes, PhiladeIphiar-C
G Anderson,
Steamship Neptune, Coleman, New York-C
GsAnderson.
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Per Charleston and Savannah Railway. Dec
2f---54 bales cotton. car cotton seed, 800 bags
fertilizers hbls rosin, bbls spirits turpentne,
car b h goods, 200 lunches bananas. 80 bars
iron. go bbls syrup 10 bbls rice 10 bbls whisky,
4 cases boots aud shoes. "a kegs rivets, boxes
window class. 100 boxes crackers, bbls grease,
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ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE YESTERDAY
Bark Sigurd Jarl (Nor) Olsen, Santos in bal
last-Aiaster.
Bark Adelheid & Bertha CBr), Evans, Barba-
dos in ballast-NaSter.
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THURSDAY. Dec p, 1887.
ARRIVED YESr5sRDA'

ARNIN Ed IL II I1ttJ I
Steamer Ethel, Carroll Cohen's Bluff and way
landings-W T Gibson Manager.
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Sea Islded-There is good demand, but at
easier prices. The sales were quite large Fully
900 bags have changed hands thus far this week
at decline of &c all round. We quote:
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VIM. T. rntten, 6z2 North Tenth ST..
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SORES ON NECK

Cnas. Brady, Somerville, Mass. who
refers to DIR. j. J. Wood, druggist of that
city, certifies to a wonderful cure Of
ming sores on the neck which had been
treated dy hospital physicians without
cure, and which yielded completely to
the CUTICURA REMEDIYS.
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CARSON WATER WORKS.

TINE REsERyOIRs OF FHTs
Company are supplied with water
from Never Failing Springs, which TOW
rom the Sierra Nevada. By analysis
thiswater Is shown to be perfectly free
from all impurities. The mains of this
company having been laid in all the
principal streets of the city. the water
Ks rendered available to all within the
CITY limits. Families, Hotels, Bars
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CARSON WATER COMPANY.
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ROYAL GEORGE, Jr.
WILL STAND FOR THE SEASON
AT
BENT0N'S LIVERY STABLES,
CAHSON CITY.

This horse is a chestnut, 15k
hands high, weighs /, 100 in road
condition, was sired by Royal
George, he by Warrior. son of
Tippoo, dam by Harris Hamble-
tonian; Tippoo by Ogden's Mes
senger, Ogden's Messenger by
imported Messenger. Harris
Hambletouian was sired by Bish-
ops Hambletonian, dam, Mum
son mare, by imported Messen-
ger. Bishops Hambletonian was
sired by imported Messenger,
dam, Pheasant, by imported
Shark. The dam of ROYAL
GEORGE JUNIOR, was ''Negro
Wench," sired by Jack Hawkins,
he by Boston, dam, the cele-
brated running mare, Walnut
bark.
1t is now conceded that if
there is ever Il horse that will
trot ia two minutes, it will be
one that has the blood of these
two great strains, Boston and
Messenger.
Anyone having doubts of the
breeding of Royal George, Jun
j Tor, can have his record proven
by calling on his owner,
j. M. BENTON,
Carson City, New.
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Know IT'S VALUE

All of your CUTIcURA REMEDIES give
very good satisfaction. The CUTICURA
l especially recommend for the dis
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Suffcien show It's merit, will be sent to
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CUTICURA ABROAD

Through home-returned Norwegian
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Consultation strictly confidential, by etter
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HOLSTEIN FRIESIANN
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AT THE CAPITOL.
The most Distinguished Visitor to
be Seeu There last at Present.

ATLANTA, Oct 11-Dlrin 2
the morning session Of the Legisla
tune to-day, and while the resolu>
ton of Mr.. Berner, of Monroe, to
require the lessees OF the Western
and Atlantic railroad to make n
bond to the State for the payment
of the rent and the return of the
property OF that road at the eud Of
the lease was being considered,
Senator Browns black colts champ
ed their bits, as they stood harness
ed to the Senator's famous carfi-
a re at the Forsyth street entrance
to the State house. The Senator
was directing his time to interview
ing certain members of the House.
He occupied a room adjoining the
executive office.
1t was here that he held lis re-
ception, and the door was kept
closed, bat not locked. The par>
sonnel of his callers was of the class
that voted against the resolution,
thus creating the impression among
the members who knew what was
gong on that the Senator was OPP
posed to the resolution.
When Senator Brown comes
about the capitol the members
commence wondering what he is
after His presence attracts more
attention than that OF any other
Senator, and usually is ascertained
to mean a good deal one way or
the other.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19

which had frightened him away by
lis shrieks. HIS description tailed
with the one the Leeds nurse had
given. The strange creature ap~
psarei to Others from time to time
and the description given Of it was
exactly like this one of the queer
things that has been discovered dt
Mulberry, N. G. The nurses sto-
ry was believed then and the
Leeds devil became the ter
ror of the region. 1t was hunted
for many years, but it seemed to
possess a charmed life. SILVER bull
lets, which wer9 said to be potent
against bewitched things, were fir,
eli at it, but they had no effect.
The last time it vas seen or heard
0 was over f'ty years ago. The
Story don't seem t. tell what be-
clma of Nr and Mrs. Leeds, bnt
every chilli in Eyasham can tell
YOU all about the Leeds devil. III
take this paper wi h ne and read
his TO my ncighbors. 1t viii
Please them, know
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19
A HOWLING HURRICANE
Brownsville Alarmed by It's Pres
enae ~ the Gulf-The Rio
Grande Rising.


Brownsville. Tex, Oct. II Reports
of another hurricane in the Gulf,
moving westward, create unelsi>
ness here. Seven inches of rain
fell last night, and the Rio Grande
is higher than ever before.
The whole country along the
river is inundated and number of
houses in tni. city are inaccessible
on account OF the high water, the
streets being overfowed. In Ma
tamoras the food has spread
greatly.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19
THE BOTr0MFALLING OUT
A Tract on an Illinois Farm
Slowly Sinking Into
the Earth.

CurcAGo, oct. "A cores
pondent Of the Herald ut Sterling,
H., tells the following story: The
people of this locality have been
exercised over al earthly phenom.
enon, visible about four miles due
north EIkhorn creek meanlers
about fifty miles through Il most
fertile portion OF this continent,
emptyiBg itself into Rock river, 4
miles west Of Sterling. tits hard
by this stream that the phcnom
eaol occurred, or IS occurring. 1t
Is a sinking ofthe around "A subsi,
den.e that has been going on ever
since April Il, 1885. On that
night Benz. Bressler, whose grist
mill is run by the waters Of the
El&horn, WIS awakened by loud,
rumbling noise, and by the rat,
Ting of the windows as well as Il
general rocking of his little cot,
tage A few weeks later, the frost
having disappeared, lie instructed
his hired man to plow a small field
lying on the outh sile of the
road running by his cottage, and
was astonished an hour later, when
the man informed him that a por,
ton Of the field had sunk IS or 4
feet, as he ID. with great cracks
alongside its edges what seemed
to run clear down to nowheres. "
And this was true. The news
soon spread, and many visited the
spot Interest in the phenomenon
might have died out, but the sink
ing has been going Oh slowly ever
since, A day or two ago your
respondent visited the depressed
spot, and observed that it was
about 5 inches lower than when he
saw it some three months since
The depression is now about 5 leet
in depths, and its east boundary is
about GO feet from the waters Of
the creek. Its greatest width is
about Is feet, and its length,
north to south, about 800 feet
The 60 feet OF earth between the
creek and the suDken area Is not
disturbed in the slightest. The
greater part Of the depressed land
is covered with trees, which, fo;m
erly erect, now incline, without
exception, westerly at an angle OF
about 45.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19
Virtues O. Indian Corn.

Indian corn contains a large
amount Of nitrogen, has anti consti-
pating qualities, IS easily assimilat
ed, cheap AMI very nutrive. A doc.
tor Of note declares that o course
of Indian meal in the shape of John
ny cake, hoe cake, corn or pone
bread and mush relieved by copious
draughts of COWS milk, to which, if
inclined to dyspepsia, little lime
water may be added, will make a
life, now a burden. well worth the
living; and you need no other
treatment to correct your nervous
ness, brighten your vision and give
you sweet and peaceful sleep.
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THE LEEDS DEVIL.
The Feature Which for One-H Hun
dred Years Has Served
as a Terror to Jer>
sry People.
From the New York Sun.

DoYLEsTowS, PA, Oct. l.
,JIere is the Leeds devil turned
up again sure" exclaimed an old
resident OF Burlington county,
New Jersey, looking up in aston
ishment from a local paper he was
reading. This paragraph caused
the exclamation:
Something new IN the
bird line was seen by T B Phelps,
of Mulberry, n. G. 1t has the
head of the owl, with tremendous
black eyes. It's face looked like a
moakev's, with white checks and a
black streak over each eye, the
rest of the head inclined to gray,
with black dots near the end Of
each feather. The body was COW
cred with a beautiful plumoge.
Whenever he went near it 1t
would give an uneartbiy yell that
frightened the dogs 1t whipped
out every dog on the place,
THAT thing" said the Colonel,
sis not bird nor an animal but
it is the Leeds devil, according to
the description, and it was born
over in Evssham, Burlington enun'
ty, a hundred years ago, There
Is no mistake about it l never
cav the Horrible critter, but | can
remember well when it was roam
inc around fifty years ago, and
when it was hunted by men and
dogs. and shot at by the best
mcrksmen in all of South Jersey
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19

but could not lie killed. There is
not farlily in Burlington or any
Of tie adjoining counties that does
not know Of the Leeds devil. l
have been frightenel cut of many
a piece Of boyish mischief myself
by being reminded If the dreaded
creature, and | believe it comes in
handy 70 this day for the same
purpose in soms parts OF Burling-
ton county. But it has not bee II
seoa Or heard in those parts for A.
~ years, and it was long ago
thought to have died. And to
think that the friohtful thing is
living! This will make a sensa>
tioa in Burlington, and people will
begin to lay awake nights again
expecting to hear the uaeGrth.y
Yell again tdat made the hjool Of
past generations run colde Where
did the Leel5 devil come from?
I can only tell you the story as it
had been handed down for a Genius
~ in Burlington county. You
NAV not believe it, but you Will
have to walk q good ways into that
reyi3n before you find any one
who doubts it.
"Just atter the revoluntlry war
n Young man named Leeds, who
lived in Eyasham and was WE'LL
known in all that part of the coun-
try, married a respectable but ha-
rum-scarum girl, who was the life
Of all the corn-hushings, pairing
bees. dances aud rustic merry
makings She had a temper of
her own, as the stories go, and af-
ter marriage refu. ed to settle down
to domesticity, but insisted in
iii the gay doiags of the region as
she ha3 done rs a girl, in spite of.
her husbands protests When she
found she was to be a mother she
became absolutely wicked in her
complaints and regrets over having
married, and led her husband q
terrible lie. The night before she
became a mother she was particu-
larry violent. The grand.daught-
er Of the woman who used to he
Mrs. Leeds nurse is still living in
Burlington county, and she says
that what ! am going to tell you
has been handed down in the fami-
" straight and without a change
or addition. This woman's grand
mothers story was that that night
Nrs. Leeds raised her hands above
her he and shrieked; Il hope
it will be devil"
'The next night the nurse APP
peared at her own house in great
terror. 'Nrs. Leeds is a mother
she exclaimed, but her offspring
was hideous deformity and flew
up and out of the chimney, shrik-
ing and screaming as it went
This strange story c. Gated q sensa~
ton among the old-time residents
of Evasham. 1t was not believed,
of course, but the suspicion came
general that YRS. Leeds child had
been made way with, and that the
extravagant story was told by the
nurse to divert suspicion. A few
DAYS afterwards, however, a man
who had been hunting reported
having seen a hideous creature
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19
A Suicidal Cow
Smithville News. I

Smithville News.
Some time ago Mr.. Joe Johnson
bought COW, and until recently
she proved to be very domestic,
home-loving animal. But since
the passage of the stock law she
/ as been leading wandering, aim.
less sort of life. and had absented
herself from home for over a week
past, fearing they would shut her
up for good. Yesterday she was
found in a pit five feet deep wherein
she had thrown herself with suicidal
intent. She made a great fuss when
they tried to get her out, and went
home looking as mourntul as fu-
neral procession.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19
ANOTHER CHOLERA DEATH
The Alesia's Passengers prevented
From Landing.

New York, Oct. 12.-.Another
death rom cholera occurred at Swim
burne island today. 1t was Of IA
child Of eighteen months. who came
from Naples on the steamship Ale
ia, and whose recovery was hoped
for yesterday a ternoon. Nine pa
tents still remain on the island.
President Boyles, of the board OF
health, has called meeting of the
board tor this afternoon to take
steps toward preve ting the land
ing of any of the Alesia's passen.
gers. On the mainland germs Of
the disease has been thorough Y
destroyed.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-10-19
Effects CT Certain Oiors.

The armor Of red cedar is fatal to
house roth; the armor of black
walnut leaves is fata! to.fleas. 1t is
4 matter Of common observation
that persons engaged in the business
otmaking shingles from odoriterous
cypress timber in malariaI districts
are rarely, if ever, affected by
malarial diseases, and that persons
ecaged in gathering and distiling
turpentine Do not suffer from eithor
malarial diseases or consumption.
1t is said that when cholera was in
Memphis, Tenn, persons work
iag ia livery stables were entirely
exempt from It. 1t affirmed that
since tile destruction Of the cloves
trees Oh the island of Ternate the
co ,ony has suffered from epidemic
unknow1 before; and in times when
cholera has prevailed in London
and Paris those employed in tie
perfumery factories have escaped
its ravages. - Herald of Health